Went to see Everest, the true story of a mountain climbing expedition that didn’t go so well. Set in the 1990s, this film has a pretty impressive cast with members often serving small roles or not the big hero roles … Continue reading
So went to see A Walk in the Woods, the new movie about walking the Appalachian Trail, based on the travel book of the same name and starring Robert Redford and the gristle that is what’s left of Nick Nolte’s … Continue reading
Watched Z for Zachariah on streaming last night (it is also in very limited theatrical release). This is a movie about a girl alone in a valley that miraculously survives a nuclear war. Then a stranger shows up in a … Continue reading
Straight Outta Compton is the music biopic of N.W.A, set in the late 80s and early 90s. It shows how Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Easy E came off the streets and brought them along as they introduced gangsta rap … Continue reading
Checked out the new Meryl Streep comedy/drama Ricki and the Flash this weekend and it’s alright. Streep plays an aging rocker in a second rate cover band who rushes home to help her daughter when she is dumped by her … Continue reading
Magic Mike (the first film) is something I was kind of curious about because it was directed by indie auteur film maker Steve Soderberg after he befriended Channing Tatum and learned he’d been a male stripper. So he made him … Continue reading
The indie flick Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl is in limited release and open wider so I was able to catch it. I’ve never once seen a more Wes Anderson-like that isn’t actually made by Wes Anderson. It has … Continue reading
Max is the new movie about military dogs… sorta. The premise is that a service dog in Afghanistan loses his handler in battle, gets PTSD, and has to be rotated back to the States. Unfortunately, he’s too traumatized to be … Continue reading
To my surprise, the new indie/horror/art house/Schwarzenegger flick Maggie showed up on Apple TV/iTunes streaming (it is also in limited theatrical release). Maggie is, indeed, a small indie movie with art house desires… a contemplative, slow-paced, methodical sad story about … Continue reading
Checked out (the movie!) Little Boy… which is a sentence one should probably not type too often. But, yeah, this is an under-the-radar indie drama at the theaters right now. It’s about a little boy (derp) whose family lives on … Continue reading